the continuing battle
Jun. 1st, 2006 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmI did eat Chipotle yesterday, and I am fine. Today breakfast is a gluten-free lemon cookie. I've said this to Jaida, and have avoided saying it here because I thought it was too dorkish, but what I want to know is why, in the list of all the terrible Snape-fic Mary Sue's out there (Snape as sexual abused, Snape as a cutter, Snape as anorexic, etc.) no one has done celiac-Snape yet. Won't be me, but I'm just wondering.
It's funny, when this first became clear as the diagnosis, a coworker said she could never deal with it because she hates conflict or being difficult, and asking all these questions in restaurants would freak her out. I did my usual, "oh, see, that's no problem for me," carefree sort of growl on the whole thing, but you know what? I do hate it. I hate the lack of ease, and I hate the way it must surely make me seem fussy and fearful as opposed to someone with a legitimate, serious medical concern. Even the notion of being viewed as "one of those women" gives me hives, and I have enough problems right now.
Anyway, I didn't get as much stuff done as I wanted last night, but I did write a bunch of new AC articles (typo free!) on some topics I think are pretty interesting. I also picked up a freelance web-based proof-reading gig courtesy of Amanda.
And I caught the episode of Big Love I never saw.
Meanwhile, NYC's anti-terror budget has been cut by 40%, because apparently we're just not a target. This outrages me, eventhough I oddly don't get all worked up about the fear of terrorism thing in general. Shit happens, life is a statistical crap shoot, and I for whatever reason, prefer more concrete and personal fears. That said this is so insulting, and so strikes me as just one more "fuck you" that it's hard for me to speak. Maybe I'm paranoid, maybe it's a sense of victimization, but you'd have a hard time convincing me that our funds didn't get cut not just for political reasons, but because we have an administration that doesn't believe NYC residents are as deserving as safety as other Americans because we're more like to be liberal or queer or want Bush the hell out of office. It makes me sad. Go read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zarq's tirade about it. The one over at ABC is pretty thorough too: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/06/no_icons_no_mon.html
Also check outshayguevara on more bad behavior at the theatre, and actors fighting back. http://shayguevara.livejournal.com/5637.html
Civilization really is coming to an end.
It's funny, when this first became clear as the diagnosis, a coworker said she could never deal with it because she hates conflict or being difficult, and asking all these questions in restaurants would freak her out. I did my usual, "oh, see, that's no problem for me," carefree sort of growl on the whole thing, but you know what? I do hate it. I hate the lack of ease, and I hate the way it must surely make me seem fussy and fearful as opposed to someone with a legitimate, serious medical concern. Even the notion of being viewed as "one of those women" gives me hives, and I have enough problems right now.
Anyway, I didn't get as much stuff done as I wanted last night, but I did write a bunch of new AC articles (typo free!) on some topics I think are pretty interesting. I also picked up a freelance web-based proof-reading gig courtesy of Amanda.
And I caught the episode of Big Love I never saw.
Meanwhile, NYC's anti-terror budget has been cut by 40%, because apparently we're just not a target. This outrages me, eventhough I oddly don't get all worked up about the fear of terrorism thing in general. Shit happens, life is a statistical crap shoot, and I for whatever reason, prefer more concrete and personal fears. That said this is so insulting, and so strikes me as just one more "fuck you" that it's hard for me to speak. Maybe I'm paranoid, maybe it's a sense of victimization, but you'd have a hard time convincing me that our funds didn't get cut not just for political reasons, but because we have an administration that doesn't believe NYC residents are as deserving as safety as other Americans because we're more like to be liberal or queer or want Bush the hell out of office. It makes me sad. Go read
zarq's tirade about it. The one over at ABC is pretty thorough too: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/06/no_icons_no_mon.htmlAlso check out
shayguevara on more bad behavior at the theatre, and actors fighting back. http://shayguevara.livejournal.com/5637.htmlCivilization really is coming to an end.
